महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-124, verse-16

प्रवादितैश्च वादित्रैर्जनकौतूहलेन च ।
महार्णव इव क्षुब्धः समाजः सोऽभवत्तदा ॥१६॥

16. pravāditaiśca vāditrairjanakautūhalena ca ,
mahārṇava iva kṣubdhaḥ samājaḥ so'bhavattadā.

16. pravāditaiḥ ca vāditraiḥ janakautūhalena ca
mahārṇavaḥ iva kṣubdhaḥ samājaḥ saḥ abhavat tadā

16. With musical instruments being played and fueled by the people's curiosity, that assembly then became agitated like a great ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रवादितैः (pravāditaiḥ) - by the sounded, by the played

• च (ca) - and, also

• वादित्रैः (vāditraiḥ) - by musical instruments

• जनकौतूहलेन (janakautūhalena) - by the people's curiosity

• च (ca) - and, also

• महार्णवः (mahārṇavaḥ) - a great ocean

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• क्षुब्धः (kṣubdhaḥ) - agitated, stirred, disturbed

• समाजः (samājaḥ) - assembly, gathering, crowd

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

प्रवादितैः (pravāditaiḥ) - by the sounded, by the played

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pravādita

pravādita - sounded, played (as an instrument)

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vad' (to speak, sound) with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: vad (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वादित्रैः (vāditraiḥ) - by musical instruments

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of vāditra

vāditra - musical instrument

जनकौतूहलेन (janakautūhalena) - by the people's curiosity

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of janakautūhala

janakautūhala - people's curiosity

Compound type : tatpurusha (jana+kautūhala)

• jana – person, people, man
  noun (masculine)
• kautūhala – curiosity, eagerness, interest
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महार्णवः (mahārṇavaḥ) - a great ocean

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahārṇava

mahārṇava - great ocean

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahā+arṇava)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

क्षुब्धः (kṣubdhaḥ) - agitated, stirred, disturbed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣubdha

kṣubdha - agitated, disturbed, shaken

Past Passive Participle

From root 'kṣubh' (to be agitated)

Root: kṣubh (class 1)

समाजः (samājaḥ) - assembly, gathering, crowd

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāja

samāja - assembly, gathering, crowd, society

From root 'aj' (to drive, to collect) with prefix 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: aj (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)